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orientals
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\ ([=o]`r[i^]*[e^]n"tal), a. [L. orientalis: cf. F. oriental.] Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries. [1913 Webster] The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part
of the world; an Asiatic.
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2. pl. (Eccl.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.
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